Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
I find public sales en
ticing; they can be exciting
and one goes with the hope of
reward or pleasure. Even if
you do not attend with the
idea in mind of buymg a desk
or a quilt or some other large
item, there is usually
something that will catch
your eye.
Over the years, I’ve
bought a dish here and a cup
and saucer there until I now
£ave several comer cup-
Doards filled. But, somehow,
I always find room for one
more item. If I’m asked
where I got a particular
piece I can’t always answer
immediately...although if
you give me time, I can tell
you as I’ve always kept a
record of what I bought and
where and also the price
paid for it.
Guess I’m just a stickler
for records.
Recently, I was asked the
price of an old blue
“Adams” plate and was able
to tell them the price and the
sale at which it was pur
chased - after I hunted up the
information. Probably I
should mark each piece.
Very old pieces that were
given to my husband or
myself from grandparents
are marked and it is mce to
YOU’VE HEARD
THE TALK.
There’s a better way to dry grain. It’s called
CHILLCURING tM because it means CURING
without heat. Here’s what the talk is all
about.
THE ORAIH
Every kernel of gram is alive when it comes out of the field
It is a seed, able to grow because it has the ability to take on
moisture Likewise, it can be kept in a state of pi eservation by
removing the moisture already in it
But by heating the gram to dry it, the seed life is destroyed
By removing heat and moisture from the gram, it becomes
dormant, and stays alive Then it can ripen to full weight,
losing only water while keeping valuable protein, starches
and sugar
THE SYSTEM
It’s simple Gram goes from the field right to the bin With
the unique AIRFRAME ’ and AIRFLOOR “ the gram rests on a
solid bed that allows maximum ventilation
Clean dry air is the best curing medium for the gram
GRAINLAMPS ” provide electric sunshine, cleaning and
drying the air beneath the floor, before it passes through the
gram
Fans force air under the floor. Rising through the gram, this
dry outside air carries away moisture and heat.
At the peak of the bin a jumbo 40” turbine the
WHIRLCOOLER"', puts nature to work for you Wind and
rising air keeps it turning, venting the system naturally
A special HARVESTAT Control System monitors the
curing process. A simple setting controls the GRAINLAMPS
to make use of free, natural air.
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know that it came from a
relative or a particular
family.
Some items were gifts and
were purchased in Europe
and are appropriately
marked with the year.
In my opinion, public sales
are rather sad events as
everything that meant a lot
to a family is set out for
public inspection. It means
breaking up a home or
maybe it has already been
destroyed by death.
Then if I knew the people, I
usually buy a vase, a plant or
an embroidered pillowcase
just to remember the owner
a bit longer.
I haven’t really been sorry
for the purchases I've made
m past years (and there
were a few over-priced
articles) as most of them
were good buys if only as an
investment.
And my father always
said, “Remember, you have
six children to give them to.”
Sure Dinner Date
Then there’s the young
lady down the street who
has a sure way to get her
husband to take her out to
dinner She just mentions
that she’s considering cook
ing her favorite meat loaf
Hallowell, agronomist discuss corn
HARRISBURG - It cost
$27 an acres more to grow
com this past season than it
did a year before, Penn State
Agronomist Joe McGahen
told farmers at the Penn
sylvania Master Corn
Growers Association
meeting Monday.
At the same meeting State
Agriculture Secretary
Penrose Hallowell told
farmers they had missed out
on any funds for com
growing research. Those
funds would be available
upon request and review
from the State.
Hallowell said there had
been no requests for com
research money “except for
a certain soil conditioner
which I won’t mention at the
tune.”
The Secretary’s reference
was obviously to Agnspon
which currently is un
dergoing review after
Hallowell refused to license
the product under the state’s
Soil Conditioners Act.
Hallowell called corn
growing “the success story
of the century.” He said com
growers’ ability to produce a
crop was what was keeping
the profit picture bright in
dairying or any other farm
enterprise.
He also called for a re
evaiuation of the gram
marketing situation m light
of President Jimmy Carter’s
recent move to embargo
export of some 17 million
bushels of gram to Russia.
Hallowell said one of the
big goals of the Penn
sylvania Department of
Agriculture was to en
courage markets for farm
products.
2. has been tried and proven in 17 states on
over3ooofarms The research is in: CHILLCURING™ WORKS'
3. The CHILLCURING" system uses only the electricity to
power fans and lights, using about 1 1 /2 KW hrs. per bushel.
Compare that cost to other systems that use increasingly
expensive fuels to get disappointing results.
4. gram goes from the field to the bin and stays there till
you need it. Save time and money at harvest with the one step
HARVESTALL CHILLCURING™ and storage system.
5. If you’re in the market for gram storage, you owe it to
yourself to look further into HARVESTALL GRAIN
CHILLCURING™.
Check With Us For Our Early Season Discounts
He spoke favorably of
prospects to use grain for
production of alcohol for
fuel. And he revealed the
theme of the Farm Equip
ment Exposition slated for
the end of February will
revolve around energy.
McGahen had other bad
news for farmers in addition
to the mcrease in cost to
produce com. The figure for
1979 was $207, according to
Com Growers’ figures, he
said.
McGahen said 253 farmers
had participated in the com
yield program. The average
yield for those farmers was
138 bushels, down seven
bushels from last year’s
average.
McGahen said this dropoff
in yield followed a trend he
had noticed m the com yield
variety plots. Only m his
plots, the yield was off by
about 20 bushels per acre.
The decline was most
noticed on heavier soils,
McGahen said. He added
that farmers who planted on
soils that usually were
drouthy seemed to have the
top crops this year.
“It only proves again that
Mother Nature still dictates
yields,” the Penn State
Agronomist said.
He said that farmers who
rated weed control on their
farms as good averaged 140
bushels per acres. Farmers
with average weed control
saw yields of 128 bushels.
But farmers who rated weed
control poor got only 121.6
bushels com per acre.
McGahen said this trend
was absolutely consistent
over the past 10 years.
Farmers who used both
Advanced Ag Products
RD 2 Box 174 Elverson, Pa. 19520
215-286-9118
THE FACTS
l.You can’t beat Nature. HARVESTALL GRAIN
CHILLCURING “ uses the same elements that-npen and
preserve gram if left to itself: free flowing air and infra red rays
(sunshine).
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 12,1980—C9
fertilizer and manure on
their crops averaged 141.9
bushels per acre. Those who
used only commercial
fertilizer averaged 134.4
bushels.
McGahen said farmers
should consider those figures
and ask themselves if there
is some greater value to
Grant to address state
farm organizations
CAMP HILL - Allan
Grant, President of the
American Farm Bureau
Federation, will be the
keynote speaker at the
Annual Legislative Dinner of
the Pennsylvania State
Council of Farm
Organizations.
The dinner concludes the
day-long Annual Meeting of
the Council on January 21,
1980, at the Penn Harris
Motor Inn m Camp Hill,
Pennsyvlama.
The day begins at 10:30
am. with a morning
seminar entitled,
“Preservation of
Agricultural Land, Four
4-H entomology champs
HARRISBURG - Beth
Frank of Duncansviile, Blair
County, captured the
championship m the first
year 4-H entomology classes
at the 64th Farm Show.
Winner for second-year
members was Virginia
Smith of Millersville,
manure than what ordinarily
is considered.
He added that a similar
effect could be noticed m
other years with corn crops,
and said farmers who do not
now use manure to make a
com crop might want to
consider getting some for
their fields.— CH
Perspectives” (Legislative,
Pa. Dept, of Agriculture,
Farm, and Local Govern
ment).
Penrose Hallowell,
Pennsylvania Secretary of
Agriculture, is the featured
luncheon speaker.
The Pennsylvania State
Council of Farm
Organizations is the um
brella spokesman for all
Pennsylvania Farm
Organizations and consists
of 53 member organizations.
Anyone wishing to attend
the Annual Meeting or the
Legislative Dinner in the
evening should contact Carl
Diebert at (717) 234-5001
prior to January 15,1980.
Lancaster County.
Sylvia Royer of Lebanon,
Lebanon County, captured
the championship in the
division for third-year
members.
Nancy Mays of Lancaster,
Lancaster County, won the
division for fourth-year
members.